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In the first days of August 1914, as the three entities of partitioned Poland—Russia, Germany and Austro-Hungary were entering the First World War, Jerzy Żuławski made the only decision he felt reflected his principles and joined Piłsudski's Legions to fight for the cause of regaining
- Jerzy Żuławski, 14 July 1874, Lipowiec
- 9 August 1915 (aged 41), Dębica
- Polish
- University of Bern
In 1901 Żuławski moved to Zakopane in the Polish Tatra mountains. There, he was a co-founder of the Tatra Volunteer Search and Rescue, and co-editor of Zakopane. During World War I he fought in the Polish Legions and was co-editor of a Legion-run magazine Do Broni (editor’s translation: To Arms).
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How do NASA, mountaineering, George Clooney and colonialism all connect to the roots of Polish science-fiction? Culture.pl’s former English section head Adam Żuławski looks back at the life of his grandfather, his family tree, and the history of Polish sci-fi to weave an intimate and intricate tapestry of answers for you.
Thanks to the ham-fisted Polish Communist censors, it is an even more surreal viewing experience. Digitally restored to a clarity probably never really seen before, Zuławski’s mauled and maligned masterwork On the Silver Globe (trailer here) re-releases today at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Jul 19, 2016 · In On the Silver Globe, one character declares: “It is not us who are lost in contemplation of the world. It is the world that is lost in contemplation of us.” You can’t help thinking that Zuławski’s film is lost in contemplation of us: staring mad-eyed at its viewers, however few, and daring them to stare back.
Dec 13, 2022 · Jerzy uawski (j uwafski 14 July 1874 9 August 1915) was a Polish literary figure, philosopher, translator, alpinist and nationalist whose bestknown work is the sciencefiction epic, Trylogia Ksiycowa (The Lunar Trilogy), written between 1901 and 1911.
Dec 30, 2022 · The poster “Poland – First to Fight” refers to the most important events in the country’s history – World War II and the defense against Nazi Germany’s invasion in 1939. Marek Zulawski created the poster around 1940. In the foreground, it shows a battered Polish flag flying in the wind.
